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Bioscience – Groundbreaking Research & Diagnostics: Stockholm (2026)

Kennedys agenda inför vaccinmöte väcker oro

Efter att Robert F. Kennedy Jr. avsatte hela CDC:s vaccinationskommitté (ACIP) har nästa veckas mötesagenda väckt oro. Viktiga omröstningar kring covid-, HPV- o...

Galenica AB

The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?

New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the ri...

New large lab building in Lund inaugurated – here are the companies moving in

Medicon Village has received a new laboratory building. On Friday last week the building was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Minister for Employme...

Biosimilars bring price pressure, but are they sufficiently used?

When biosimilars were introduced just over 16 years ago, hopes were raised that they would give many more patients access to effective but otherwise extremely e...

ProPharma

Anna Törner: The minute between life and death

“I have never told anyone about this day that happened more than 20 years ago. But I sometimes reflect on what happened, on what might have happened. When I try...

A new malaria vaccine offers hope but much more research is still needed

There has long been no vaccine against malaria, but there have been breakthroughs in recent years. However, it is still unclear how we become immune to the mala...

Misstänkt koppling mellan Ozempic och ögonsjukdom – myndighet reagerar

Två nya danska studier har pekat på en koppling mellan Ozempic (semaglutid) och en möjlig risk för den sällsynta ögonsjukdomen NAION. Nu vill danska läkemedelsv...

Ovanlig genetisk sjukdom behandlad i livmodern för första gången

Ett barn har för första gången behandlats mot spinal muskelatrofi redan i magen på sin mamma. Barnet, som nu är två och ett halvt år gammalt, visar inga symptom...

Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

Looking for greater Nordic cooperation – “We have Norway and Finland in our sights”

How can Medicon Valley Alliance bring the big pharmaceutical companies back to the organisation? Life Science Sweden discussed this topic and others with the cl...

Sobi announces agreement with Enable Injections

Swedish biopharma Sobi has entered into an international development and distribution agreement with US drug delivery company Enable Injections.

WuXi AppTec, UK Ltd

Topp 50: Här är Sveriges högst rankade medicinforskare

Kaj Blennow, Tomas Hökfelt och Anders Björklund toppar listan över svenska forskare med störst vetenskapligt genomslag inom det medicinska forskningsfältet. Här...

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FDA inför AI internt efter lyckat pilottest

Från den 30 juni ska samtliga enheter inom FDA använda AI internt. Det meddelar den amerikanska läkemedelsmyndigheten efter att en första pilotstudie precis avslutats.

Meeting with focus on South Korea and Japan’s life sciences

Large, complex and exciting – this is how Britta Stenson, Business Sweden, describes the life science markets of Japan and South Korea, which took centre stage ...

“You discover one thing – and then 10 new questions arise”

COVID-19, diabetes, heart disease, and the impact of dog ownership on humans are just some of multitasker Tove Fall’s areas of research. However, her current fo...

An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”

Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Över...

Elyptas cancertest ska prövas i EU-projekt kring Lynchs syndrom

Det svenska diagnostikbolaget Elypta ska delta i ett stort europeiskt projekt för att möjliggöra tidig upptäckt av cancer hos personer med Lynch syndrom.

Radioactive tracer to measure effect of drug towards Crohn’s disease

A radioactive tracer developed by Astra Zeneca and the Karolinska Institutet may play a major role for patients with Crohn's disease. That is the belief of Mari...